Germany Demographics Profile 2009

Population

82,329,758 (July 2009 est.)

Age structure

0-14 years: 13.7% (male 5,768,366/female 5,470,516)
15-64 years: 66.1% (male 27,707,761/female 26,676,759)
65 years and over: 20.3% (male 7,004,805/female 9,701,551) (2009 est.)

Median age

total: 43.8 years
male: 42.6 years
female: 45.2 years (2009 est.)

Population growth rate

-0.053% (2009 est.)

Birth rate

8.18 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

Death rate

10.9 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)

Net migration rate

2.19 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

Urbanization

urban population: 74% of total population (2008)
rate of urbanization: 0.1% annual rate of change (2005-10 est.)

Sex ratio

at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.04 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.72 male(s)/female
total population: 0.97 male(s)/female (2009 est.)

Infant mortality rate

total: 3.99 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 4.41 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 3.55 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Life expectancy at birth

total population: 79.26 years
male: 76.26 years
female: 82.42 years (2009 est.)

Total fertility rate

1.41 children born/woman (2009 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate

0.1% (2007 est.)

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS

53,000 (2007 est.)

HIV/AIDS - deaths

fewer than 500 (2007 est.)

Nationality

noun: German(s)
adjective: German

Ethnic groups

German 91.5%, Turkish 2.4%, other 6.1% (made up largely of Greek, Italian, Polish, Russian, Serbo-Croatian, Spanish)

Religions

Protestant 34%, Roman Catholic 34%, Muslim 3.7%, unaffiliated or other 28.3%

Languages

German

Literacy

definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99%
male: 99%
female: 99% (2003 est.)

People - note

second most populous country in Europe after Russia

School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)

total: 16 years
male: 16 years
female: 16 years (2006)

Education expenditures

4.6% of GDP (2004)